Crime victim compensation is a public benefit intended to cover financial costs associated with crime. A new report by PS faculty affiliate Jeremy Levine finds significant racial & gender disparities in U.S. crime victim compensation programs. Learn more: myumi.ch/VGkP2

"The smile on her face lights up a room," Doshia says of her daughter. And then, one drug screen later, Selah was taken. Doshia's not alone: tens of thousands of mothers are coming under scrutiny because of marijuana use. My latest Rolling Stone rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

Decent dig

Unfortunately, unfounded claims about Haitian migrants aren't unique to the US. In a new paper Journal of Politics @[email protected], Fernando Severino D. and I show how Haitian migration to Chile sparked baseless concerns about crime. Read more: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.10…

Important work for online survey methodologists!

1. Read op-eds/PR/threads about new HOMES Act 2. See uncritical reference to funding "mission-driven nonprofits" that will allow "communities" to have "a real say" 3. Close laptop and stare out my window, pondering how badly I failed to convince my colleagues of anything

This is also exceptionally good advice if you're ever at a place that interrupts (which is honestly my favorite), because you become an expert on your slides and can pick things right back up after being stopped.

Did Alex write this while working in the White House? What CAN'T this guy do?!?!?

“When my son was killed, I didn’t know what the next step was," said Peggy Herrera. Victim compensation for many, whether reimbursement, one-time, or recurring payment, only scrapes the surface of financial burdens. amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/10/0…

Grateful to have been featured in this excellent piece but especially thankful to get more conversation about how we finance victims services.

One week out from the deadline to apply for the arguably* best pre-tenure sabbatical fellowship for inequality scholars in the country! (*I would make this argument, anyway)

As a part of Poverty Solutions' research on the geographic factors of poverty, U-M graduate students explored the connections between extreme weather and disadvantaged communities struggling to cope. Learn more: myumi.ch/qGneN

Israeli invasion of Lebanon worsens ongoing crises and more. Megan Stewart, who has conducted research on Hezbollah in Lebanon, offers a primer on the conflict—including what led to the current invasion and where things could go from here. news.umich.edu/u-m-policy-sch…

That’s a wrap on the 7th #JusticeAndInjustice! Many thanks to Yale ISPS Dara Strolovitch @AlliPatter Ariel White And thanks to an outstanding community 🙏